Instructors/assistants may nominate dances at any time before January 31, 5:00 p.m. Each instructor/assistant can nominate two dances. Please keep in mind that nominated dances must have music that is available for purchase.

From the nominated dances, 16 are chosen as the proposed dances for the current year. These dances will be taught at the Instructor's Workshop in August. On September 1, instructors choose 8 of these dances to be danced at the New Mexico Line Dance Jamboree.

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The window for nominating dances for the 2026 New Mexico Line Dance Jamboree is 2023, 2024, and January 2025.​​​